Garbage-receptacle



(No Model.)

' P. SCANLAN.. GARBAGE RECEPTACLE. I No. 469,000. Patented Feb. 16,1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcEG PATRICK SCANLAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARBAGE-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,000, dated February16, 1892.

Application filed July 28, 1891. Serial No. 400,948. (No model.) i

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK SCANLA'N, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for Garbageand for other Purposes, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to a garbage-receptacle adapted to be hoisted overa wagon or other dumping-place and to deliverl the contents of thereceptacle through the bottom thereof into such wagon or into such otherdumping-place; and the object of my invention is to obtain a receptaclewhich can be placed Within a second and outer receptacle and containedtherein, and thereby covered or jacketed, and, further, a receptacleadapted to be hoisted by a crane over the wagon or other dumping-groundand to there have its contents dumped through the bottom of suchreceptacle.

I have illustrated my invention by drawings -forming a part hereof, inwhich- Figure l is an elevation of a'wagon having a hoisting deviceattached thereto adapted to hoist my garbage-receptacle into positionfor the delivery of the contents thereof into such wagon; Fig. 2, across-section of the garbagereceptacle on line 2 2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3, aplan view of such receptacle, and Fig. t a front elevation oflifting-hooks adapted to bev used in connection with thegarbage-receptacle and hoisting device therefor.

The same letter of reference is used to designate a given part wheremore than one view thereof is shown.

A is a Wagon.

a ct are the longitudinal side sticks of the wagon-body.

B is a construction, preferably of boileriron, forming the seat of thewagon to which the hoisting device used with my invention is attached,and also the support for the pieces forming a part of such hoistingdevice.

C is my garbage-receptacle.

D D are hooks secured on ring E. Y I-Iooks D D form a fastening device,which can be secured to the receptacle C and the receptacle therebyhoisted by-a crane inthe usual way of hoisting weights.Garbage-receptacle C is composed of the cylinder F and pieces G G,hinged thereto and forming the bottom thereof.

H is a flange extending around the cylinder Fv near the top thereof.

I I are shields, each one secured rigidly to the cylinder F on theinside thereof, forming a guard protecting the springs J J respectively,from being interfered with by the contents kof the garbage-receptacle C.These springs are secured at one end to the cylinder F and at the otherend to the parts or pieces G G, forming the bottom of the receptacle.

K is an eyebolt on piece G, and K is a rod extending through holes incylinder F and through the eyebolt K and locking the parts G G together,so that a iirrn bottom is formed in the receptacle C.

L is a support for receptacle G and may consist of a cylinder open atboth ends, standing upon one of its ends and adapted to have thereceptacle C placed therein, with a angc H of the receptacle restingupon the upper edge thereof. Y The cover of the receptacle consists ofpart K3, fitting onto cylinder F, and lid K4, placed in part K3.

In operating this hoisting device with the A garbage-receptacle C, thehooks D D are secured or attached to the bale g of the receptacle C andthe cord or cable Wound or unwound around the drum thereof. Thereceptacle C is then carried over the wagon, after which the receptaclecan be lowered toward the wagon-body the precise distance desired, suchdistance being determined by the person about to empty the receptacleinto the wagon until the proper height is attained, when the rod K iswithdrawn from the cylinder F and eyebolt K, and the weight of thecontents of the receptacle C will force the pieces G G downward andoutward, so thatthe contents of the receptacle will fall through thebottom thereof and into the wagon. The springs J J will then retract andclose the bottom, after which the rod K is again inserted in properplace and the bottom thereby secured and the receptacle then swungaround and lowered into the supporting-cylinder L. The eyebolts K beingdesigned to catch the rod K and hold the bottom pieces G G from fallingor being forced downward by the contents of the receptacle against thetension of the springs J J it will be evident IOO that if part letteredK2 of eyebolt K be cut away, leaving a hook to engage with rod K', thefunctional part 'of the eyebolt, so far as the same is used by me, willbe retained.

Having thus described my invention and its manner of operation, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a garbage-receptacle, the combination of a cylinder, pieces hingedthereto adapted to form when closed the bottom thereof, a catch on oneof such hinged pieces, a rod adapted to engage with the cylinder andwith the catch on the hinged piece, and springs attached at one end tothe Wall ot the cylinder and at the other end to the hinged pieces whichform when closed the bottom of the receptacle, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a garbage-receptacle, the combination of a cylinder, pieces hingedthereto adapted to forni when closed the bottom thereof, :t catch on oneof Such hinged pieces, at rod adapted to engage with the cylinder andwith the catch on the hinged piece, and springs attached at one end tothe Wall of the cylinder and at the other end to the hinged pieces whichform when closed the bottom of the receptacle, Wit-h a ange extendingaround the cylinder', and a second cylinder into Which the first-namedcylinder can be placed With the flange thereon resting on the upper edgethereof, substantially as described.

, PATRICK SCANLAN.

In presence of- THoMAs SGANLAN, CHARLES T. BROWN`

